Osun State
8 Aug 2024
A fresh crisis has erupted within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State following a struggle for party tickets ahead of the local government election slated for February 22, 2025. Some prominent figures alleged the imposition of candidates ahead of the primaries, saying some party leaders have been affirming and endorsing candidates. They said…
7 Aug 2024
The National Population Commission (NPC) in Osun State has called on parents and guardians in the state to cooperate with hundreds of its volunteers who have been sent out to carry out birth registration. This charge was given by the state NPC director, Tinuola Adeboye, while speaking in Osogbo. Adeboye disclosed that the commission has…
6 Aug 2024
Mr Emmanuel Olowu, Chairman, Democracy Vanguards in Osun, has announced the suspension of the nationwide protest in the state to give room for a peaceful celebration of the Osun-Osogbo festival. Olowu disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Osogbo on Tuesday. NAN reports that the festival, which had quietly…
4 Aug 2024
Heavily armed security personnel, on Sunday, provided security for hundreds of Osun protesters, who converged under the Olaiya Bridge in Osogbo to conduct open church service. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent monitoring the protest in the state reports that the service commenced at 12:01p.m with praise and worship songs. The Chairman, Democratic Socialist…
2 Aug 2024
As the nationwide protest enters its second day on Friday, business activities are gradually resuming in Osogbo, with the reopening of some shops and markets earlier closed on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some of the markets that opened for activities include the Akindeko Market, MDS Shopping Complex and Orisunmibare Market.…
1 Aug 2024
The Osun State chapters of the All Progressives Congress and Peoples Democratic Party have exchanged words over the alleged
31 Jul 2024
The Police Command in Osun and other security and paramilitary agencies embarked on a joint show of force in Osogbo on Wednesday ahead of the proposed nationwide protest. The police spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the patrol announced the readiness of all the security agencies to ensure a…
30 Jul 2024
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has ordered immediate disbursement of bursary stipends to about 3,800 students who are indigenes of the state in various tertiary institutions.
29 Jul 2024
Gov. Ademola Adeleke, of, o Osun, has ordered the immediate disbursement of bursary stipends to students in various tertiary institutions in the state. This is contained in a in a statement issued by Mallam Olawale Rasheed, Spokesperson to the Governor, in Osogbo on Monday. He noted that, the government had earlier collated students’ data across…
26 Jul 2024
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has thrown his weight behind the traditional approach to food price control introduced by some traditional rulers in the state, describing it as “a local innovation to lower increasing food inflation across the state.” In a statement issued on Friday by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, the governor tasked the State…
9 Jun 2024
When it was reported that the Osun State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC), last Wednesday, expelled the former governor of the state, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola and also went ahead to issue a stern warning to its members to distance themselves from having anything to do with him...
3 Jun 2024
The National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said that with the turnout of the electorate in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise in Ondo State, the issue of voter apathywould not be experienced during the November 16 governorship election.
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